42 U.S.C. § 5114 : US Code - Section 5114: Study and report of unlicensed or unregulated adoption placements

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5114 : US Code - Section 5114: Study and report of unlicensed or unregulated adoption placements

(a) In general
The Secretary shall provide for a study (the results of which
shall be reported to the appropriate committees of the Congress not
later than eighteen months after June 25, 2003) designed to
determine -
(1) the nature, scope, and effects of the interstate (and, to
the extent feasible, intrastate) placement of children in
adoptive homes (not including the homes of stepparents or
relatives of the child in question) by persons or agencies.(!1)
(2) how interstate placements are being financed across State
lines;
(3) recommendations on best practice models for both interstate
and intrastate adoptions; and
(4) how State policies in defining special needs children
differentiate or group similar categories of children.
(b) Dynamics of successful adoption
The Secretary shall conduct research (directly or by grant to, or
contract with, public or private nonprofit research agencies or
organizations) about adoption outcomes and the factors affecting
those outcomes. The Secretary shall submit a report containing the
results of such research to the appropriate committees of the
Congress not later than the date that is 36 months after June 25,
2003.
(c) Interjurisdictional adoption
Not later than 1 year after June 25, 2003, the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report that
contains recommendations for an action plan to facilitate the
interjurisdictional adoption of foster children.